What matters can be heard by the Board of Appeals?
• The Board of Appeals may hear appeals from decisions of all County agencies, any administrative decision made by Anne Arundel County as well as decisions from the Administrative Hearing Officer. • This Board does not hear property tax appeals. The Property Tax Appeals Board is a separate County department ((410) 974-2374). • Hearings before the Board of Appeals are “de novo” – Latin for anew; afresh; again; from the beginning. The Board members have no knowledge of the case prior to the hearing. Anything that transpired or took place before the Administrative Hearing Officer, Personnel, Planning & Zoning, the Animal Control Officer, or anyone else is not automatically presented to the Board for the applicant’s appeal. The applicant and / or protestant, even a County representative, has to present their case anew.
